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IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" from: @(#)intro.4 6.6 (Berkeley) 3/27/91 +.\" $Id: intro.4,v 1.1 1995/10/18 08:44:35 deraadt Exp $ +.\" +.Dd March 27, 1991 +.Dt INTRO 4 vax +.Os BSD 4 +.Sh NAME +.Nm intro +.Nd introduction to special files and hardware support +.Sh DESCRIPTION +This section describes the special files, related driver functions, +and networking support +available in the system. +In this part of the manual, the +.Tn SYNOPSIS +section of +each configurable device gives a sample specification +for use in constructing a system description for the +.Xr config 8 +program. +The +.Tn DIAGNOSTICS +section lists messages which may appear on the console +and/or in the system error log +.Pa /var/log/messages +due to errors in device operation; +see +.Xr syslogd 8 +for more information. +.Sh VAX DEVICE SUPPORT +This section describes the hardware supported on the +.Tn DEC +.Tn VAX-11 . +Software support for these devices comes in two forms. A hardware +device may be supported with a character or block +.Em device driver , +or it may be used within the networking subsystem and have a +.Em network interface driver . +Block and character devices are accessed through files in the file +system of a special type; see +.Xr physio 4 +and +.Xr mknod 8 . +Network interfaces are indirectly accessed through the interprocess +communication facilities provided by the system; see +.Xr socket 2 . +.Pp +A hardware device is identified to the system at configuration time +and the appropriate device or network interface driver is then compiled +into the system. When the resultant system is booted, the +autoconfiguration facilities in the system probe for the device +on either the +.Tn UNIBUS +(or +.Tn Q-bus ) +or +.Tn MASSBUS +and, if found, enable the software +support for it. If a +.Tn UNIBUS +device does not respond at autoconfiguration +time it is not accessible at any time afterwards. To +enable a +.Tn UNIBUS +device which did not autoconfigure, the system will have to +be rebooted. If a +.Tn MASSBUS +device comes +.Dq on-line +after the autoconfiguration sequence +it will be dynamically autoconfigured into the running system. +.Pp +The autoconfiguration system is described in +.Xr autoconf 4 . +A list of the supported devices is given below. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr intro 4 , +.Xr netintro 4 , +.Xr autoconf 4 , +.Xr config 8 . +.Rs +.%T "Building 4.3 BSD UNIX Systems with Config" +.%B SMM +.%N 2 +.Re +.Sh LIST OF DEVICES +The devices listed below are supported in this incarnation of +the system. Pseudo-devices are not listed. +Devices are indicated by their functional interface. +If second vendor products provide functionally identical interfaces +they should be usable with the supplied software. +.Bf -symbolic +Beware, +however, that we promise the software works +ONLY with the hardware indicated on the appropriate manual page. +.Ef +Occasionally, new devices of a similar type may be added +simply by creating appropriate table entries in the driver. +.Pp +.Bl -column tmscp -offset indent +acc ACC LH/DH IMP communications interface +ad Data translation A/D interface +css DEC IMP-11A communications interface +crl VAX 8600, 8650 console RL02 disk +ct C/A/T or APS phototypesetter +ddn ACC ACP625 DDN Standard Mode X.25 IMP interface +de DEC DEUNA 10Mb/s Ethernet controller +dh DH-11 emulators, terminal multiplexor +dhu DHU-11 terminal multiplexor +dmc DEC DMC-11/DMR-11 point-to-point communications device +dmf DEC DMF-32 terminal multiplexor and parallel printer interface +dmz DEC DMZ-32 terminal multiplexor +dn DEC DN-11 autodialer interface +dz DZ-11 terminal multiplexor +ec 3Com 10Mb/s Ethernet controller +en Xerox 3Mb/s Ethernet controller (obsolete) +ex Excelan 10Mb/s Ethernet controller +fl VAX-11/780 console floppy interface +hdh ACC IF-11/HDH IMP interface +hk RK6-11/RK06 and RK07 moving head disk +hp MASSBUS disk interface (with RP06, RM03, RM05, etc.) +ht TM03 MASSBUS tape drive interface (with TE-16, TU-45, TU-77) +hy DR-11B or GI-13 interface to an NSC Hyperchannel +ik Ikonas frame buffer graphics device interface +il Interlan 1010, 1010A 10Mb/s Ethernet controller +ix Interlan NP-100 10Mb/s Ethernet controller +kg KL-11/DL-11W line clock +lp LP-11 parallel line printer interface +mt TM78 MASSBUS tape drive interface +np Interlan NP-100 10Mb/s Ethernet controller (intelligent mode) +pcl DEC PCL-11 communications interface +ps Evans and Sutherland Picture System 2 graphics interface +qe DEC DEQNA Q-bus 10 Mb/s Ethernet interface +rx DEC RX02 floppy interface +tm TM-11/TE-10 tape drive interface +tmscp TMSCP-compatible tape controllers (e.g., TU81, TK50) +ts TS-11 tape drive interface +tu VAX-11/730 TU58 console cassette interface +uda DEC UDA-50 disk controller +un DR-11W interface to Ungermann-Bass +up Emulex SC-21V, SC-31 UNIBUS disk controller +ut UNIBUS TU-45 tape drive interface +uu TU58 dual cassette drive interface (DL11) +va Benson-Varian printer/plotter interface +vp Versatec printer/plotter interface +vv Proteon proNET 10Mb/s and 80Mb/s ring network interface +.El +.Sh HISTORY +The section 4 +.Nm intro +appeared in +.Bx 4.1 . |